‘Dining Month Portland’ Returns This June
Restaurants Whet Appetites With $25 Prix Fixe Menus ALL Month
PORTLAND, Ore., May 25, 2011 – You’ve been waiting all year, and now it’s back — Dining Month Portland returns to the Rose City this June. For the entire month, 61 participating restaurants will offer three-course dinner menus — including an appetizer, entrée and dessert — for just $25. To sweeten the deal even more, coupons for $1 off evening parking at five SmartPark garages are available in local publications. In addition, diners can win more than $1,300 worth of restaurant gift certificates through the Downtown Portland Facebook page.
“It’s time to celebrate our city’s vibrant culinary scene and world-class chefs,” said Courtney S. Ries, Director of the Downtown Marketing Initiative. “The goal of Dining Month Portland is to offer visiting and local diners a reason to get out and experience the city’s many notable and award-winning restaurants, all at a great price.”
Dining Month Portland is sponsored by Open Table and American Express. For every reservation booked on Open Table through the link on the Dining Month Portland website (www.diningmonthportland.com) the Downtown Marketing Initiative will make a donation to Oregon Food Bank. Oregon Food Bank works with a cooperative, state wide network of partner agencies to distribute emergency food to hungry families.
Can’t decide where to dine? Hungry Portlanders can “spin the wheel” at Downtown Portland’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/downtownportland) for delicious recommendations. As an added bonus, diners can enter to win a sweepstakes package featuring a gift card from every restaurant participating in the promotion — totaling more than $1,300 worth of fabulous dining to enjoy throughout the year. Entries will be accepted starting June 1, 2011. In addition to the grand prize, four contestants each week will receive a $25 gift card to one of the participating Dining Month Portland restaurants.
Dining Month Portland features 61 restaurants:
- 23Hoyt
- 50 Plates
- Accanto
- Aquariva
- Aviary
- Besaw's
- Bistro 921
- Bluehour
- Brix Tavern
- The Daily Cafe in the Pearl
- Café Castagna
- Cafe Nell
- Chart House
- Chez Joly
- clarklewis
- Cocotte
- Davis Street Tavern
- Departure
- East India Co. Grill and Bar
- Eleni's Estiatorio
- Eleni's Philoxenia
- Fratelli
- Gather Food and Drink
- Gilt Club
- Gracie’s Restaurant
- H5O bistro & bar
- Heathman Restaurant and Bar
- Huber's
- Jake's Grill
- Karam Lebanese Cuisine
- Lauro Kitchen
- Lincoln Restaurant
- London Grill
- McCormick & Schmick's Harborside at The Marina
- Meriwether's Restaurant & Skyline Farm
- Metrovino
- Mother's Bistro & Bar
- Nel Centro
- Nostrana
- The Original Dinerant
- Otto
- Paley's Place Bistro & Bar
- Portland Prime
- Porto Terra
- Red Star Tavern & Roast House
- RingSide Steakhouse - Eastside
- RingSide Steakhouse - Uptown
- Sal's Italian Kitchen
- Salty's on the Columbia
- Saucebox
- Serratto Restaurant and Bar
- Southpark Seafood Grill & Wine Bar
- Sunshine Tavern
- Tabla Mediterranean Bistro
- Toast
- Urban Fondue
- Vindalho
- Vino Paradiso
- Wilf's Restaurant & Bar
- Windows Skyroom Lounge and Rooftop Terrace
- Yakuza Lounge
For a complete list of restaurants, menus and additional information, please visit www.diningmonthportland.com. Be sure to check back regularly as restaurant menus will be updated weekly.
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About the Downtown Marketing Initiative:
The Downtown Marketing Initiative is a public, private partnership created and funded by the City of Portland and its partners that is dedicated to promoting the long-term vitality of downtown Portland. Since its inception in 2006, the Downtown Marketing Initiative has successfully supported downtown during a period of intense redevelopment and has become a critical economic stimulus tool in the current financial climate. For more information please visit www.downtownportland.org.
About American Express:
American Express is a global services company, providing access to products, insights and experiences that enrich lives and build business success. An engine of commerce, American Express provides innovative payment, travel and expense management solutions for individuals and businesses of all sizes. For more information please visit www.americanexpress.com.
About Open Table:
OpenTable is a leading provider of free, real-time online restaurant reservations for diners and reservation and guest management solutions for restaurants. The OpenTable network delivers the convenience of online restaurant reservations to diners and the operational benefits of a computerized reservation book to restaurants. For more information please visit www.opentable.com.
About Oregon Food Bank:
Oregon Food Bank distributes donated food throughout a statewide network of more than 947 nonprofit, hunger-relief agencies serving Oregon and Clark County, Wash., and works to eliminate the root causes of hunger through education and advocacy. For more information please visit www.oregonfoodbank.org.
